President Obama in his health care reform address to the American Medical Association in Chicago, mentioned Becky and Chris Link, two small business owners and Change that Works Tennessee activists:
The Links have signed on to the Change that Works Tennessee small business pledge and have tirelessly participated in several campaign actions, including a health care reform petition drop off to Congressman Jim Cooper's office. Read about their plight with rising health care costs here. The CtW TN campaign is proud to have their son, Ethan working as a field organizer in the state."Small business owners like Chris and Becky Link in Nashville are also struggling. They've always wanted to do right by the workers at their family-run marketing firm, but have recently had to do the unthinkable and lay off a number of employees - layoffs that could have been deferred, they say, if health care costs weren't so high. Across the country, over one third of small businesses have reduced benefits in recent years and one third have dropped their workers' coverage altogether since the early 90's."
Across the state, family businesses like the Links are being forced to lay off workers to offset the rising cost of health care. Becky and Chris Link support a public option and want a health care insurance safety net for their laid off workers and other persons without affordable coverage for their families.
